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[Package Issue]: BlenderFoundation.Blender.LTS.3.6 version of Blender is installed, but is shown and upgraded as latest

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Category of the issue

Installation issue.

Brief description of your issue

When I install Blender software using winget I specify for exact LTS version, in my case 3.6. If I check for updates after, then winget reports it as regular version and wants to upgrade to the most recent one which is 4.2.1.

Steps to reproduce

When I search for available packages of Blender I get 3 editions:

winget search blender --source winget
Name            Id                                Version Match
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
blender         BlenderFoundation.Blender         4.2.1
Blender LTS 3.3 BlenderFoundation.Blender.LTS.3.3 3.3.19  Moniker: blender
Blender LTS 3.6 BlenderFoundation.Blender.LTS.3.6 3.6.12  Moniker: blender

I want to install an LTS version, so I do:

winget install -e -i --id=BlenderFoundation.Blender.LTS.3.6
Found Blender LTS 3.6 [BlenderFoundation.Blender.LTS.3.6] Version 3.6.12
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://download.blender.org/release/Blender3.6/blender-3.6.12-windows-x64.msi
  ██████████████████████████████   309 MB /  309 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

Versions is mentioned as "LTS 3.6".

Actual behavior

When I check for updates I get message that there is an update to 4.2.*.

winget update
Name                         Id                                    Version       Available     Source
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
blender                      BlenderFoundation.Blender             3.6.12        4.2.1         winget

Note that software is named as "blender" and not "Blender LTS 3.6".

Expected behavior

I expected to received to only receive fix updates for 3.6 if available like 3.6.15 or something. That is LTS is supposed to be for.

Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.8.1911
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.4651
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.23.1911.0
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Research direction

Reproduce the reported behavior with the listed winget search, install, and update commands on the stated Windows Package Manager version. Inspect how the Blender LTS 3.6 package is identified during update checks; done means an exact LTS installation remains associated with its LTS package and is not offered the regular Blender 4.2.1 upgrade.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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